Automatic transfer switch with programmable display
First Claim
1. Display apparatus, comprising:
- M display means each with X parallel input ports for converting X bits of parallel input data to a display symbol;
first shift register means with X parallel output ports, a serial input port and a separate serial output port for receiving at said serial input port said X bits in series and for providing said X bits of serially entered data simultaneously, one each at each of said X parallel output ports;
second shift register means with N parallel output ports and a serial input port which is connected to said serial output port of said first shift register means for receiving N bits of serial data therefrom and for providing N bits of serially entered data simultaneously, one each at each of said N parallel output ports;
X bit parallel data bus means communicating with said X parallel output ports, and with said X parallel input ports of each of said display means for delivery of said X bits of parallel input data to all of said M display means simultaneously;
each of said M display means having a separate enabling means which is interconnected with a combination of said N parallel output ports for being enabled thereby to display said symbol as a function of the occurrence of a coded combination of enabling bits on said N parallel output ports; and
formatting means serially interconnected with said serial input port of said first shift register means or supplying a serial digital word of data comprising said N bits and said X bits in series to said first shift register means, wherein said N bits are serially passed therethrough to said second shift register means wherein said N bits contain only one coded combination of said enabling bits per said word for said N out ports so that only a predetermined one of said M display means is enabled per said digital word to display said symbol associated with said X bits.
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Abstract
An automatic transfer switch with microprocessor and a display which includes clusters or combinations of display cells. There may, for example, be sixteen display cells for a 16-word display. The display cells are driven by two serially connected shift registers, the input of the first of which is interconnected with the microprocessor. Sixteen digital words are supplied in sequence to the shift registers. One portion of the digital word is then provided in parallel to each of the display cells simultaneously but another portion of the word is supplied to an encoding device which tells which of the sixteen display cells will display that word. One 16 word message requires sixteen reiterations performed at high speed so that it appears that all sixteen display devices are actuated simultaneously to display one multi-word message.
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13 Claims
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1. Display apparatus, comprising:
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M display means each with X parallel input ports for converting X bits of parallel input data to a display symbol; first shift register means with X parallel output ports, a serial input port and a separate serial output port for receiving at said serial input port said X bits in series and for providing said X bits of serially entered data simultaneously, one each at each of said X parallel output ports; second shift register means with N parallel output ports and a serial input port which is connected to said serial output port of said first shift register means for receiving N bits of serial data therefrom and for providing N bits of serially entered data simultaneously, one each at each of said N parallel output ports; X bit parallel data bus means communicating with said X parallel output ports, and with said X parallel input ports of each of said display means for delivery of said X bits of parallel input data to all of said M display means simultaneously; each of said M display means having a separate enabling means which is interconnected with a combination of said N parallel output ports for being enabled thereby to display said symbol as a function of the occurrence of a coded combination of enabling bits on said N parallel output ports; and formatting means serially interconnected with said serial input port of said first shift register means or supplying a serial digital word of data comprising said N bits and said X bits in series to said first shift register means, wherein said N bits are serially passed therethrough to said second shift register means wherein said N bits contain only one coded combination of said enabling bits per said word for said N out ports so that only a predetermined one of said M display means is enabled per said digital word to display said symbol associated with said X bits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An electrical transfer switch, comprising:
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microprocessor means for performing a control function; M display means each with X parallel input ports for converting X bits of parallel input data to a display symbol; first shift register means with X parallel output ports, a serial input port and a separate serial output port for receiving at said serial input port said X bits in series and for providing said X bits of serially entered data simultaneously, one each at each of said X parallel output ports; second shift register means with N parallel output ports and a serial input port which is connected to said serial output port of said first shift register means for receiving N bits of serial data therefrom and for providing N bits of serially entered data simultaneously, one each at each of said N parallel output ports; X bit parallel data bus means communicating with said X parallel output ports and with said X parallel input ports of each of said display means for delivery of said X bits of parallel input data to all of said M display means simultaneously; each of said M display means having a separate enabling means which is interconnected with a combination of a portion of said N parallel output ports for being enabled thereby to display said symbol as a function of the occurrence of a coded combination of enabling bits on said N parallel output ports; and said microprocessor means being serially interconnected with said serial input port of said first shift register means for supplying a formatted serial digital word of data associated with the status of said transfer switch and comprising said N bits and said X bits in series to said first shift register means, wherein said N bits are serially passed therethrough to said second shift register means, wherein said N bits contain only one coded combination of said enabling bits per said word for said N output ports so that only a predetermined one of said M display means is enabled per said digital word to display said symbol associated with said X bits. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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